Annabelle Dowler
{{Short description|English actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
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| birth_date = {{bya|1974}}
| birth_place = Formby, Merseyside, England
| nationality = British
| occupation = Actress
| alma_mater = University of Bristol
| years_active =
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Annabelle Dowler (born 1974) is an English actress.
Early life and education
She was born and raised in Formby, Merseyside, and attended Holy Family High School. She studied Spanish and Drama at the University of Bristol before touring Spain with a bilingual drama group. She has worked on the stage including at the National Theatre, Liverpool Everyman, Liverpool Playhouse and the Creation Theatre in Oxford.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/whos_who/actors/actor_annabelle_dowler.shtml BBC Website – The Archers]
Career
Dowler appeared in the Channel 4 adaptation of The Six Wives of Henry VIII as Catherine of Aragon, in a 40-minute episode. She also appeared in the Lewis episode "The Quality of Mercy" and in the ITV programme The Bill. In addition, Dowler has performed radio drama, including BBC Radio 4's productions of Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Monica Dickens's My Turn to Make the Tea. Since 2001, she has played Kirsty Miller in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers.{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/My+Last+Supper+with+Annabelle+Dowler.-a0171897283|title=My Last Supper with Annabelle Dowler|date=29 November 2007|work=Liverpool Echo|accessdate=3 January 2014}}
Dowler also provided the voice for May, one of the two main protagonists in the 2021 video game It Takes Two by Hazelight Studios. She is one of two narrators for The Real A&E
References
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External links
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4Wd0TcnGf2mM7PqdVQGWCY4/kirsty-miller Annabelle Dowler's page on The Archers website]
- {{IMDb name|1346042|Annabelle Dowler}}
- {{IMDb title|14321832|It Takes Two}}
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Category:Actresses from Merseyside
Category:English radio actresses
Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
Category:Actors from the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
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